What a gorgeous bit of property that is!
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Oh yes it is, currently its a lot less pretty than we found it, but once we’re done, it’s going to be paradise!
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Happy birthday matey, hoped you had a great day
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Look at that cake! He’s had a blinder!
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It looks too good to eat, but I can’t help but focus on those socks…
Don’t know whether to be impressed or concerned 
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You should be impressed.
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Yes it did look too good to eat, but it didn’t stop us 
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Yay! Buffs are back at FFD 
I’ve had a lucky week! Right place to see the Galaxy and the Pegasus and now a 52 in the haze!
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Sooooo jelly! 
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That Black Square TBM is amazing, isn’t it?
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I thought that with the ‘glass cockpit’ it was the Hot Start 900, but yeah you must be right because that is an 850 isn’t it?
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Watching a shackleton and a lightning doing engine runs at Gatwick aviation museum
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Such wonderfully British aircraft!
Looks like a great museum! Love it when they let the public that close to the exhibits.
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ugly 
British designs are purposeful, but always has got that special…thing.
Imagine being a fly on the wall of the design board meeting room when they made some of the decisions that led to the Lightning, for instance…
SAAB were heavily influenced by British design philosophy, never being held back by what was considered conventional engineering.
A sort of ”anything goes” attitude. Come up with the crazy ideas and then let’s sort them out and see what will fly.
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Yes, but ‘let’s make it fit’ without a spare thought for the poor buggers who have to work on them.
Admittedly, my experience is limited to British bikes and cars (Triumph, Norton, Jaguar and Rover). But RAAF aircraft maintainers I know loved working on American (e.g. F-18, F-111) and hated working on Hawks.
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